The mission of Fahari Academy Charter School is to educate, support, and challenge students who reside in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood for success in college and beyond.
We seek extraordinary educators who want to be a part of a dynamic professional community in a progressive school model. We seek educators to support the academic achievement of all students as well as their physical and emotional well-being.
Fahari has a unique union contract and collaborative relationship with the, United Federation of Teachers (UFT). Instructional staff will typically earn approximately 20% more than the Department of Education scale. Novice teachers receive structured mentoring and feedback while more experienced teachers receive coaching and leadership opportunities.
Our Core Values
Fahari is the Swahili word for Pride. In the Fahari family every member of the Fahari Academy community enforces and espouses the character values of Perseverance, Respect, Independence, Discipline, Excellence or P.R.I.D.E.
Responsibilities of a Teaching Assistant
- Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially introduced and outlined by certified staff.
- Assists the certified staff in devising special strategies for reinforcing learning materials and skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
- Monitors work, corrects papers, and supervises curriculum-based testing and makeup work as assigned by the certified staff.
- Serves as the chief source of information and help to any guest teacher assigned in the absence of the regular certified staff.
- Alerts the certified staff to any problem or special information about an individual student.
- Performs assigned supervision of students during lunch periods, play periods, and on field trips.
- Performs assigned non-instructional classroom duties, such as snack time, toileting, and clothing routines.
- Demonstrates ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students in school environment and community.
- Participates in in-service training programs as approved.
- Check in with student's parents once a week.
Candidate Requirements
- An understanding and belief in the mission and guiding principles of Fahari Academy Charter School
- Exceptional ability to develop and maintain productive and collaborative relationships
- Ability to create, monitor, and maintain systems that enhance classroom efficiency and effectiveness
- Desire to be a learner and to participate in a variety of learning opportunities
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and to be able to adapt and accommodate to changing dynamics within the school
- Ability to thrive with a diverse team of staff members
- Ability to work autonomously as well as in teams
- 2+ years of teaching experience in an urban, public, or charter school
- Bachelor's degree required
- New York State teaching assistant certification required
- Desire and ability to assist students with special needs in an integrated learning environment
